What to do if your baby's clothes shrink?

1. If it is hand washing, gently stretch the reduced part with both hands at the same time, then rinse and dry. When half dry, first pull it open with your hands to form the original shape; then iron it with an iron to restore the original size.

2. If you have washed it in a washing machine, soak it in warm water, then iron it with an iron, and when put in the washing machine, put more washing powder.

3. After washing, the sweater will generally shrink and become smaller. When drying the sweater with water, it will lengthen and become larger. The way to not shrink after washing is to place the dried sweater on the towel quilt, stretch it flat and stretch it, and leave it alone and dry it a day or two before hanging it. The sweater will not shrink. The way to not stretch after washing is to put the dried sweater in the net pocket. It is best to wear a tidy styling before putting it in, then fold it and put it in so that it will dry naturally, so that the sweater will not stretch and thin.

4. To prevent the sweater from shrinking, the principle of washing sweaters is to wash them as soon as possible. Generally speaking, the more you use laundry essence, the easier it is to shrink the sweater. Therefore, it is better to add more laundry essence to avoid the sweater becoming dehydrated after school washing. You can place it on a dry net or curtain to spread the plastic surgery. When it is slightly dry, hang it on the clothes rack and find a ventilated shade to dry. In addition, before drying the fine wool, roll a layer of towel or bath towel on the clothes hanger to prevent deformation.

How to restore the shrinkage of baby clothes

1. Thick cardboard

There is a way to enlarge the shrinkage after washing the sweater. The specific method is: use thick cardboard (cardboard in home appliance packaging box) to cut it into the size and shape of the original sweater. It is best to polish the cutter with sandpaper to avoid catching the sweater. Put the sweater on cardboard, use a few more clothespins to fix it on the lower foot, and then use an electric iron to steam and iron each part of the sweater repeatedly, and then remove it after it has cooled completely.

2. Steam iron

Shrinkable sweater fibers are heated with a steam iron, and then use both hands to lengthen the fibers while they are hot. According to experience, because the heating area of ​​the steam iron is limited, in order to ensure uniform fiber stretching, local, segmented, sectioned, and heating stretching methods are used for sweaters. It is impossible to stretch a lot of fibers at one time, and they need to be heated and stretched repeatedly. Before stretching, you should have a clear idea of ​​the total length of the stretch, so that you can also determine the length of each section. After all, use a ruler to measure the total length. If the length is not enough, you can repeat it. Pay special attention to the size not to over-tighten, and make appropriate adjustments in the end. The operation should be carried out on the ironing table. You can lay a blanket on the desktop at home. After all, it is best to be heated and shaved by a portrait camera.

3. Send to a dry cleaner

Just take the clothes to the dry cleaner, dry clean first, then find a special shelf of the same model as the clothes, hang the sweater, and after high temperature steam treatment, the clothes can be restored to their original appearance, and the price is the same as dry cleaning. Reminder: After buying a sweater, pay attention to the labels in the clothes and do not wash and use them on sweaters that need dry cleaning.

Reasons for baby's clothes shrinking

During the textile dyeing and finishing process, the fibers of pure cotton fabrics must be stretched by certain external forces. After finishing, this stretching will temporarily be in a “ stable ” state. When washing in water, moisture will gradually weaken the connection between fiber molecules, reduce the friction force on the fiber surface, causing the temporary "stable" state to be destroyed, and the fiber will return to or approach its original equilibrium state.

At the same time, when the fabric is wet, water molecules will enter the cotton fibers, causing the fibers to expand. When the weft (or warp) of the fabric expands and becomes thicker, the fabric will shrink. This is the reason why the &ldquoise shrinkage is caused by washing pure cotton fabrics after being soaked in water.

Wool fabrics are more likely to shrink, and they are difficult to recover after shrinkage. This is caused by the different coefficients of forward and reverse friction when the scales of wool fibers move relative to each other.

Therefore, it is best to choose dry cleaning for wool fabrics, and you should dry and shoot frequently in daily life. If you want to wash it, you should choose wool detergent or wool fabric special detergent that has anti-shrinkage effect.